{"id":87054,"date":"2017-04-28T07:38:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T12:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=87054"},"modified":"2017-04-28T07:38:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T12:38:43","slug":"snyder-honored-at-chp-dinner-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/28\/snyder-honored-at-chp-dinner-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Snyder honored at CHP dinner-auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>Van Wert independent<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More than 250 people were on hand for the 19th annual Community Health Professionals (CHP) Hospice Beacon of Hope dinner and auction held Thursday night at Vantage Career Center.<\/p>\n<p>The evening included a catered dinner served by students from Vantage, dozens of items sold at live and silent auctions, a $500 Mystery Treasure Chest Giveaway, and live music by 2017 &#8220;Ohio Has Talent!&#8221; winner Gabe Bailey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87066\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Snyder-family-with-lighthouse-4-27-17.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Rick Snyder's family present the lighthouse to Community Health Professionals during  Thursday's Annual Dinner\/Auction fundraiser. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent\" width=\"350\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Members of Rick Snyder&#8217;s family present the lighthouse to Community Health Professionals during Thursday&#8217;s Annual Dinner\/Auction fundraiser.<\/strong> <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The family of the late Rick A. Snyder presented the Beacon of Hope lighthouse in memory of Snyder and previous CHP Hospice patients and their families. Snyder was just 48, when he passed away last May after a lengthy illness. The 1985 Lincolnview High School graduate was a lifelong farmer.<\/p>\n<p>Before the presentation, Snyder\u2019s widow, Kimberly, praised and thanked hospice care staff and nurses. She was joined by the couple\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<p>The Snyder lighthouse will be displayed at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. It symbolizes hope, comfort, and support provided by hospice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to use the example of Rick and his life, and the example of home care hospice nurses, and the interaction with Rick\u2019s wife and the family, to dispel some of those myths that people have about hospice,\u201d CHP President\/CEO Brent Tow said.<\/p>\n<p>Tow emphasized that all funds raised during Thursday\u2019s event will remain local.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery penny that\u2019s raised here in Van Wert County stays in Van Wert County, and will go directly to our patient care fund,\u201d Tow explained.<\/p>\n<p>Retired Van Wert High School principal Wally Grimm served as emcee for the evening\u2019s events, and Bob Gamble was the auctioneer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/Van Wert independent More than 250 people were on hand for the 19th annual Community Health Professionals (CHP) Hospice Beacon of Hope dinner and auction held Thursday night at Vantage Career Center. The evening included a catered dinner served by students from Vantage, dozens of items sold at live and silent auctions, a $500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 16:29:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}